Example sentences of "that when [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phillips agrees and admits that when they did tighten up the protocols according to suggestions from Randi the effects could not be obtained . |
| 2 | the management were , were clearly trying to identify the , the whole process in regard to the machine shops in particular first of all , so that when they did move into the fitting er departments , they would have all the materials there necessary to , to give our members the , the feeds you know , for , for producing the m er items . |
| 3 | They declared that they would never again go willingly to war without clear political aims ; that when they did go to war for such aims , they would do so with overwhelming force ; and that they would discover , in advance , how they were supposed to get out of a job once they had started it . |
| 4 | There was still the possibility that when they did meet outside , it would be a beginning , and not the end that neither wished for , but both half-expected . |
| 5 | There , climbing a tree , you ruined your frock and dropped the letter , which a stranger read and tore so badly that when you did get to the post it was n't fit to send . |
| 6 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 7 | They became terrified of him knowing that when he did appear , his object was to select one or two of the best dancers to complete troupes in America . |
| 8 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 9 | The doctor , however , acted in ways he found wholly admirable , and he thought that when he did get out he would apply his methods of handling patients — getting hold of them firmly and putting them into the right positions — to the positioning of his models . |